The Gloomy Egoist: Moods and Themes of Melancholy from Gray to Keats |
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... least one other piece , " The Robin , an Elegy , " 15 which , however , is in alternately riming tetrameters in- stead of the now orthodox stanza ; perhaps we should in- clude here also the two elegies of Jago already mentioned ...
... least one other piece , " The Robin , an Elegy , " 15 which , however , is in alternately riming tetrameters in- stead of the now orthodox stanza ; perhaps we should in- clude here also the two elegies of Jago already mentioned ...
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... least one of the ladies to whom the elegies were addressed . There are three love elegies in the stanza of Gray and Hammond in the 1758 volumes of the Collection ; they vary in mood from comparative cheerfulness to deepest woe , and in ...
... least one of the ladies to whom the elegies were addressed . There are three love elegies in the stanza of Gray and Hammond in the 1758 volumes of the Collection ; they vary in mood from comparative cheerfulness to deepest woe , and in ...
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... least in part a melancholy coloring . Thus Part I is concerned chiefly with the consolations of hope in situations of dan- ger and distress , and with hope of the future improvement of human society as a comfort in the face of ...
... least in part a melancholy coloring . Thus Part I is concerned chiefly with the consolations of hope in situations of dan- ger and distress , and with hope of the future improvement of human society as a comfort in the face of ...
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COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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